They work with children aged from 9-12 years and provide them guidance on reading and creative writing activities. The Literacy Pirates is a teachers’ community who believes every child should be successful in learning which they achieve by providing them extra support to improve their learning abilities. Hence, after proposing a pilot project with the local charity ‘Bootstrap Company’, Catriona Maclay founded ‘The Hackney Pirates’, which today is proudly known as the non-profit organization, The Literacy Pirates. Production of the ‘Literacy Pirates’ Anthologyīack in 2011, a teacher in North London came to the realisation that some of her students needed more help and support beyond what their respective schools could provide. Pauline Rolland, Sarah Newman, Isha Gadgil, Teodora Hociung and Zuzanna Majkowska hope that their enthusiasm and belief in this project will also be felt in the ten-year anthology that they put together, because more children should get the chance to walk in through the Pirates’ doors and step into the fantastical world of stories. Literacy Pirates provides them not only with a space where they learn how to express themselves in writing, and where reading is promoted but also with a space where they can learn from each other and discover new cultures.īoth the magical atmosphere of a ship with bookish Pirates, and the educational and creative activities held there, make the Hackney office a reflection of the charity’s spirit and goals. The books’ content is as diverse as the authors are, the stories revealing children from all over the world, united because of the sessions they attend with the pirates. The impressive amount of books published by the Literacy Pirates until now includes a variety of genres and formats, worth mentioning is a play and a comic book. The charity aims to improve literacy among children aged from approximately nine to twelve, through creative writing exercises and projects, that they later have the opportunity to see in print. The wooden barrel-like walls with full bookshelves, the velvet curtain that leads you further into the ‘ship’, the book inspired staircase and the aquarium that hosts a golden fish, all contribute to the magical atmosphere of the place.Ĭonsidering the practical side, the Literacy Pirates’ teaching materials can be seen all around, from books to guides and writing prompts, all neatly organised on desks, awaiting volunteers to hand them out and children to use them. ‘A Ten-Year Voyage’, insight from inside the Hackney pirate ship.Īs part of Roehampton University’s collaboration with Literacy Pirates, the students involved in creating the charity’s ten-year anniversary anthology were welcomed aboard the Hackney ship, to meet the crew and get a sense of what goes on underneath the deck.įrom the first steps into the building on Kingsland High, one can see the effort and dedication that the pirate crew put into creating this safe space for children. So as you read the stories and poems ahead, ask yourself: what are you building up? The Rook: What We Build Up – Coming Soon! The Rook is the stockpiled results of Creative Writing and Publishing students’ creativity and personal industry. Personality traits are gradually stockpiled atop one another to create something meaningful and special. Relationships are built up from character and choice. Laughing at the coked-out man with soft hands, feeling the wind on your face at Crescent Lake, and smiling at a constellation of freckles, these are the results of build-ups too. Pick up your copy today, via the university e-store.Ĭultural miscommunications, breakdowns between friends and lovers, the chemical crush of a date rape drug, these are results of build-ups.īut the same is true in reverse. What We Build Up is out now! Featuring work by University of Roehampton students and alumni and put together by current students on the MA Publishing course, What We Build Up is the next instalment in The Rook creative writing anthology series.
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